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Liifial Application filed April 23,

To all whom it may concern Be it'known that 1, Louis IRVING REICI-I- min, a citizen of the United States, residing in Atlantic City, New Jersey, have invented an Awning-Rope Attachment, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide 'ieans whereby the folds of an awning cloth, as the awning is being raised, are prevented from gaining access to and jamming the sheave over which passes the rope whereby the raising and lowering of the awning is effected or from being ammed into the space between the sheave hanger and the upper bar or frame which supports said hanger. This object I attain in the manner hereinafter set forth, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, in which Figure l is a view, partly in elevation and partly in vertical section, of sufficient of the upper portion of an awning cloth, and of the means for raising and lowering the same, to illustrate the application of my in vention thereto; Fig. 2 is a top view of the attachment which constitutes the subject of my invention; Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line aa, Fig. 2, showing the rope in dotted lines, and Fig. 4 is a view of the attachment with its opposite side members separated so as to permit of the application of the attachment to the rope.

In Fig. 1 of the drawing, 1 represents part of the bar or frame to which the upper end of the awning cloth 2 is attached, and 3 represents the hanger for the sheave 4 (shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1) over which passes the rope 5 whereby the raising and lowering of the awning is efl'ected.

In the absence of any preventive means the rope 5, when the awning is being raised, has a tendency to draw the upper folds of the awning cloth into the space between the bar 1 and the hanger 3, and these folds sometimes i am the sheave 4 and prevent the farther raising of the awning.

In order to prevent this Ihave devised the attachment, best shown in Fig. 2, and consisting of a strip 6 of leather, rubber, or equivalent flexible material, having therein eyes 7 for the passage of the rope 5, these eyes being preferably connected by a longitudinal slot 8 so as to permit separation of the opposite side bars of the strip, as shown in Fig. 4, in order to facilitate the application of the attachment to the rope, although in the absence of said slot an end of the rope Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 30, 1915.

Serial No. 23,877.

might be passed first through one and then through the other of said eyes before being passed around the sheave 4:, or connected to the bottom of the awning.

The attachment possesses such resiliency that it normally tends to flatten itself, and when applied to the rope it assumes the position shown by full lines in Fig. 1 and in the sectional view Fig. 3, that is to say, it con stitutes loop having its free ends widely separated. When in this position the opposite end members of the loop have sucha frictional hold upon the rope that when the latter moves upwardly in beginning to raise the awning the first effect will be to cause the upper member of the loop to contact with the sheave hanger, continued movement causing the lower member of the loop to move toward the upper member, the loop finally asuming the position shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1 so as to effectually prevent the entrance of the folds of the awning cloth into the space between the bar 1 and hanger 3 as the raising of the awning continues, the rope 5 when the attachment is in the position shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1, running freely through the eyes 7.

In starting to lower the awning the tendency of the attachment to flatten out and grip the rope is prevented by contact of the attachment with the upper folds of the awning cloth, said attachment being thereby retained in the position shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1, until, as the lowering of the awning continues and the awning cloth straightens out, this restraint is removed, whereupon the attachment begins to flatten out and finally grips the rope and moves downwardly with the same, the extent of such movement, however, being relatively slight, as it does not begin until the awning is almost completely lowered, hence, when the awning is again raised, the attachment will be drawn into the protective position shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1 before the forma tion of any folds in the upper portion of the awning cloth.

I claim:

1.. The within described awning rope attachment, the same consistingof a strip of flexible material having therein longitudina-lly separated eyes for the passage of the rope.

2. The within described awning rope attachment, the same consisting of a strip of flexible material having therein longitudinally separated eyes for the passage of the rope, said eyes being connected by 'a longitudinal slot. r

3. The within described awning rope attachment consisting of a strip out flexible and resilient material having therein longitudinally separated eyes for the passage of the rope, the attachment constituting, when applied to the rope, an expanded loop projecting above the rope but susceptible of contraction when, movement of its upper member being arrested, the pull of the rope is exerted upon its lower member.

4. The combination of a support for the Copies of this patent may be obtained for upper end of an awning'clotlna hanger below said support, a sheave in said hanger, a

rope connected to the awning and passing over said sheave, and means for preventing entrance of thef folds of theawning cloth into the space between said awning support and said sheave hanger. r r

In testimony whereof, I have signed my five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington. D. C. V 

